Here is the online version of the 43rd annual Locus Awards ballot, covering works that appeared in 2012.

In each category, you may vote for up to five works or nominees, ranking them 1 (first place) through 5 (fifth). Listed options in each category are based on our 2012 Recommended Reading List [this link will open a new window], with options in categories for editor, artist, magazine, and publisher including results of the past two years.

You are welcome to use the write-in boxes to vote for other titles and nominees in any category -- if you do, please try to supply author, title, and place of appearance, where appropriate.

Do not vote for more than one item in a category at the same rank (e.g. two selections ranked 1st); if you do, we will disregard your votes in that category.

Note that the Hugo and Nebula awards have somewhat different eligibility requirements; Locus Awards are open to publications or works that first appeared, anywhere in the world, during calendar year 2012. Feel free to leave some categories blank or partially blank, but try to fill in the entire survey. A free issue of Locus will be given for a filled-out ballot to subscribers of record when we count them in May, so please use the exact name on your subscription and your subscription number. Deadline for ballots is April 15, 2013.

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Locus Poll

In each category, enter '1' in the Rank column for your first choice, '2' for your second choice, '3' for your third choice, '4' for your fourth choice, and '5' for your fifth choice. Do not vote for more than five items in each category.

Best SF Novel

Rank

Title

The Hydrogen Sonata, Iain M. Banks (Orbit US; Orbit UK)

Bowl of Heaven, Gregory Benford & Larry Niven (Tor)

Any Day Now, Terry Bisson (Overlook; Duckworth ’13)

Blueprints of the Afterlife, Ryan Boudinot (Black Cat)

Arctic Rising, Tobias S. Buckell (Tor)

Captain Vorpatril’s Alliance, Lois McMaster Bujold (Baen)

Intruder, C.J. Cherryh (DAW)

Caliban’s War, James S.A. Corey (Orbit US; Orbit UK)

The Rapture of the Nerds, Cory Doctorow & Charles Stross (Tor)

The Eternal Flame, Greg Egan (Night Shade; Gollancz)

Angelmaker, Nick Harkaway (Heinemann; Knopf)

Empty Space, M. John Harrison (Gollancz; Night Shade ’13)

Rapture, Kameron Hurley (Night Shade)

Intrusion, Ken MacLeod (Orbit UK)

In the Mouth of the Whale, Paul McAuley (Gollancz)

Fate of Worlds, Larry Niven & Edward M. Lerner (Tor)

The Fractal Prince, Hannu Rajaniemi (Gollancz; Tor)

Blue Remembered Earth, Alastair Reynolds (Gollancz; Ace)

Jack Glass, Adam Roberts (Gollancz)

2312, Kim Stanley Robinson (Orbit US; Orbit UK)

Turing & Burroughs, Rudy Rucker (Transreal)

Redshirts, John Scalzi (Tor; Gollancz)

Ashes of Candesce, Karl Schroeder (Tor)

Lost Everything, Brian Francis Slattery (Tor)

Slow Apocalypse, John Varley (Ace)

The Fourth Wall, Walter Jon Williams (Orbit US; Orbit UK)

The Last Policeman, Ben Winters (Quirk)

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Best Fantasy Novel

Rank

Title

Whispers Under Ground, Ben Aaronovitch (Del Rey; Gollancz)

Red Country, Joe Abercrombie (Gollancz; Orbit US)

The King’s Blood, Daniel Abraham (Orbit US; Orbit UK)

The Troupe, Robert Jackson Bennett (Orbit US; Orbit UK)

Queen’s Hunt, Beth Bernobich (Tor)

The Ruined City, Paula Brandon (Spectra)

The Steel Seraglio, Mike Carey, Linda Carey, & Louise Carey (ChiZine; Gollancz ’13 as The City of Silk and Steel)